Stamping, printing, and stamp-canceling device



Jan. 13, 1931.

W. FRIEDRICHS STAMPING, PRINTING, AND STAMP CANCELING DEVICE Fled Sept. 27, 1928 2 sheets-snm. 1

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Jan. 13, 1931. w. FRIEDRlcHs STAMPING, PRINTING, AND STAMP CANCELING DEVICE Filed sept. 27. 1928 2 sheets-Shasta Patented Jan. 13,' 1931 WILHELMFRIEDRICHS, or REINIc-KENDoRr-osm, NEAR-BERLIN, eERarANv STAMPING, PRINTING, AND sTAMrfoANoELING. DEVICE Application mea' september'a'r, 1925, seriar N91 308,748', and in Germaayoctober s, 1927.

This invention has reference to stampcanceling or value-stamping and printing machines, and it refers.l among other possible embodiments to cash-paid` value-impressing Bor canceling machines,and it visvintended'to devise means of more successfully:'adapting such machines Vto mail matter of different I sizes than it was possible heretofore, and Ato generally simplify and improvetlie ma! nipulation and the manufacture4 of devices ofthe plrindv referred to,.and to attain other important obj ects and advantages which will appear as the specificationproceeds. vIn,

view of these and other purposes the feeding and stamping or printing rollers on the one-hand and the'counterlpressure rollers on Vthe other hand are selectively adjustablev `with relation'to each other, so that by the means employed the rollers may eitherk be caused to become engaged with each other vor may be kept at a certain distancefrom each other.l Vith this arrangement the important novel purpose and' advantage are accomplished that the canceling and stamping :machine may be adapted tb different thicknesses of mail matter, so thatV in the vcase of comparatively thin stamping material or mail matter being treated the rollers are vmade to engage, While in the case of comparatively thick stamping or mail mat- `ter the rollers are removed from each other the mail-introducing opening or near there-l of, so that bythe operation of this stop or the like the proper adjustment of the `rollers may be automatically obtained upon the insertion of the mail matter kor the like.

Withoutthe provision lof such stopping kor* f gauging means the operator was compelled to rely on guessing or estimation of the thickness of the mail matter for the adjustadjustment of the rollers.

ment of the rollers with the very annoying result that With the distancelof the rollers il being madey too large the piece of mail matterv or the-like Was only yim'perfectly Afed ortk not VVat all, so that the device would be liable to indicate or register. a stamping 'por can'- celing operation Without it having been actually u carried out; Vand a similar diiiiculty would vbe likely to occur with a toornarrovv The invention vvillvbe'more lparticularly` described With reference `to the. accompany Na-Enigmas.PAfrENTLQFFICE-ai lng drawing showing by Way "of ex'emplii-Y i cation va form of embodiment-fof the yprinciples of this invention.- Fig.V 1y is ka yfront vievx7 of` they machine with .the rcasing removed; FignreQ isa vertical section on the line II-II of Figure' 1; `Figure -3 isa bottom plan view of the device, and Figureefshovvs a sideviev/ofA thedevice according@ )5h15 Y inventiton.

In the 'figures therinventionis shovvn with;

the surrounding casingrelnoved. The print.

ing, pressure or canceling rollers -8 andf 4g are journaled 1n the levers Gjvlnch are .under the influence of the springs 9; ,'Upony pins 16 which are secured to Vthecasing andarel en-Y gagedlwith the slotsfl of a bar 13. the saidl bar 13 is arranged for horizontal" displacement. Ahandle orthe like 13?L` is securedtothe bar .13,"an`d the levers lGare provided with shoulders or extensions-11` Vwith .lugs i or studs 12avl1ich latter are adaptedzto rest against lthe cam faces' or Vcontrolling faces 14 of thebar Within or along a Wall of the-casing astop, feeler, shoe or the like 17 is guided for vertical displacement.y An extension or, projection 18fof this member 17 encompasses the shaft ofthefp-rinting or pressure roller 4. If the ba113is'inoved to the left relatively to vthe representation on the drawing, the levers 6 are rocked upwards against the action of thespring 9 andf as aY result thereof. the printing or "pressure rollj-V l ers 3, 4 `nferaised :off A fromthelv feeding and complemental stamping, orfcanceling rollers.' 'i

The memberor shoe 17 is lifted lfor 'the same amount, sothat the distance between-said member or shoe 17 and thegsupporting surface for the mail matter,` is accordingly3in!y Y creased to correspond to the/distance of the pressure lrollers 3 and 4 from the complemental stamping, printingor canceling and lfeeding rollers'below the rollers 3 and 4L.

The operation of the device is substantially carried out by first raising the rollers for instance to their highest position, so that the front edge ofthe letter or. of othermail r s'erted piece 'of mail.

' principles of this invention it will befunder-y set'the distance between thecounter-pressure' matter or the like is placed beneath the gauging or measuringimember, stop or shoe 17. Thereupontherollers Y3` and 4 andn the i' gauging member 1'1"' are low-eredi bythe dis"- placement of the bar 1,32. for such an amount as the letter or piece of mail mattei"V will'l admit, and the machine 1s then lready for,

operation.'` In'vie'w ofthe gauging member orshoe 17 operating. as astop for the' down-` ward movement ofthe rollers the distance ofthe.rollers-fromeach other will always Vbe of the proper. amount to'correspond tothe thickness ot'thefmail matter or the like.

Y The' shoe 127 and with it the rollers-'are lowered on tothe first piece of mail matter to be stamped,pand .iffother mail matter of the same lthickness'isto be stamp,ed,'the

stood that various modifications may betresortedzto withinl theiscope ot' the appended claims. Y

VIclaim:-

L In a stamping stamping: means,` and counter-pressure producing means, cooperatively engaging with said stamping.-means,` andmeans adapted to means and the stamping means a.` displaceably mounted feeler member operatively con- Y necte'drto-said setting means, the feelermcmsubstantially. transversely ywith thereto, andr'gauging and' adjusting means ber adapted to be positivelyy displaced and set-in accordance with the thickness of the mail matter engaging therewith;

2. In av stamping device in combination stamping; means, and counter-pressure producing. means, cooperatively engaging with said stamping means, cams adapted for displacement substantially transversely` with relation to said stamping meansy'and gang'- ing` and adjusting means for said cams.

3. In'a. stamping device in combination stamping Emeans, and counter-pressure producingfme'ans*cooperatively:engageable withv said stamping means, cams engagingr with saidzmeans and` adaptedk for displacement, relation for'said'ca'ms. Y

4; In a4 stamping levice'i in combination I device in combination two sets'o'fv substantially axially parallel rollers, and gauging and setting means engaglng one set ofsaidvrollers, and adapted to vary and set the distance of the two sets from veach other, a displaceably mounted feeler member operativelyV connected to said means and adapted to be positively displaced-and set in accordance with the thickness of the mail matter engaging therewith.

5. In a stampingY device in combination 'twospacedly disposed,- spr-ing actuated, en-

gageable setspof substantially axially paral- `lc`l1 rollers, a 'cam-bearingdisplaceably disposedy bar,` engaging-y. onefot said and a gauging member operatively.connected to said rollers, and" adaptedi'er the? ad-jlustmentof the bar-andofthe setsl ofl iollers with-relation to each other.;

v 6. Inra stamping V.device in combination two space'dly disposed, spring actuated,en gageablesets of substantially axially parallel rollers,A a cam-bearing displaceably dis:-

posed bar, engaging one of said sets, a dis-` placeablyV` mounted.l eeler' member, opera` i tivelyfconnected to the cam engaging set of rollers, and? adapted to be positively displaced and adjusted in accordance with the' thickness-of' the mail-matter engaging there-y with.

In testimony whereof I afx'my signature.

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